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Given below are two statements: Statement I : Wet cotton clothes made of cellulose based carbohydrate takes comparatively longer time to get dried than wet nylon polymer based clothes. Statement II : Intermolecular hydrogen bonding with water molecule is more in nylon-based clothes than in case of cotton clothes. In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are false (2) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (3) Statement I is false but Statement II is true (4) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
2. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
3. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Correct answer: Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Solution

Wet cotton clothes take longer to dry due to their ability to absorb more water, while nylon, being a synthetic polymer, has less affinity for water and thus dries faster. Statement II is incorrect because nylon does not form stronger hydrogen bonds with water compared to cellulose in cotton.

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